Military Helmets Get the Kevlar? Treatment

For warfighters, dodging bullets, shrapnel, and explosions is a regular part of their day. Military helmets made with DuPont? Kevlar? fiber have helped save thousands of military lives from a range of threats.

Military helmets made with DuPont? Kevlar? fiber address the demanding requirements of a demanding job. They help offer protection against a wide range of threats, including submachine-gun bullets and fragments. State-of-the-art military helmets made with Kevlar? fiber, like the U.S. Army Advanced Combat Helmet, absorb 20% more kinetic energy than the Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops (PASGT) military helmets they are replacing.

Rigorous impact testing shows military helmets made with Kevlar? fiber have superior structural integrity to help enhance survivability in ballistic and non-ballistic impact. And because military helmets made with Kevlar? XP for Hard Armor technology are lightweight, they can help improve mobility and reduce fatigue to give warfighters the much-needed energy to complete their mission.

DuPont? Kevlar? XP? for Hard Armor technology

With Kevlar? XP? for Hard Armor, military personnel can have a lighter-weight helmet in a 100% Kevlar? solution. This technology, made from a high-toughness resin combined with Kevlar? KM2? Plus fiber, helps manufacturers provide a 20% decrease in helmet weight while maintaining the same performance. Alternatively, Kevlar? XP? for Hard Armor helps manufacturers provide a 20% increase in performance using the same level of material. And Kevlar? XP? for Hard Armor can be processed on existing helmet manufacturing machinery to allow for an easy transition.

Kevlar? XP? for Hard Armor helps provide:

? Minimal back face deformation

? Fewer layers and can reduce stitching requirements

? Patented woven fabric

The Advanced Combat Vehicle Crew Helmet

Manufactured with Kevlar? KM2?, the Advanced CVC Helmet helps manufacturers offer superior fragmentation resistance at low weight while allowing interoperability with vehicle intercom and radio equipment.

The Advanced Combat Military Helmet made with Kevlar? fiber

The ACH — Advanced Combat Helmet — made with Kevlar? fiber and initially fielded in late 2003, is designed by manufacturers to help protect against shrapnel, fragmentation and 9mm bullets shot at submachine-gun velocities at a lighter weight than the PASGT military helmet made with Kevlar?.